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Jessica Quilty
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Monday 29th September, 2025

Jess from SDC reports on the Australian National Audit Office’s recent assessment of the effectiveness of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. For every registered provider who has undergone an…

NDIS
Monday 29th September, 2025

The National Disability Insurance Agency has taken a major step towards creating a simpler, fairer pathway for NDIS Participants to access the disability supports they need. The NDIA has procured…

Alice Walker
ABC news
Thursday 25th September, 2025

Karen Cronin was on a camping trip watching an AFL match with her son, Jacob Cozens, when she had an idea that would transform his life. She saw a group…

Dechlan Brennan
National Indigenous Times
Wednesday 24th September, 2025

Disability services for Indigenous people must be culturally appropriate, respect kinship structures and embrace holistic understandings of health, the CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has…

Sara Gingold
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Thursday 25th September, 2025

The NDIS has licensed a needs assessment tool, according to an announcement by NDIS Minister Jenny McAllister. In March, the NDIA concluded a tender process searching for the assessment tool…

Lucy Markoff
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Friday 19th September, 2025

People with disability are twice more likely to experience violence than people without disability, with 65% of people with disability experiencing violence after turning 15 (Centre of Research Excellence in…

Ebony ten Broeke
ABC News
Monday 22nd September, 2025

Bus Stop Films’ Accessible Filmmaking Program provides hands-on training in filmmaking to people living with disabilities in Tasmania. As part of a 40-week program, participants recently spent a day on-set…

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The Ballarat Times
Monday 22nd September, 2025

THEY Inclusion Services has long been at the heart of disability support in Victoria, delivering person-centred programs that empower individuals and build strong community connections. With a proud history of…

NDIA
Monday 22nd September, 2025

From 3 October 2025, participants, nominees and plan managers need to submit claims within 2 years of a support’s start date. Before this change, there was no time limit. This…

Sara Gingold
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Tuesday 16th September, 2025

When Minister Mark Butler announced at National Press Club on 20th August plans to create a new early intervention program called Thriving Kids (TK), it was both a surprise (even…

ABC News
Monday 15th September, 2025

A University of Sydney study has found 60 per cent of people living with a disability don’t have an emergency plan. Researchers say people with disabilities need to be included…

Jonathan M. Adler and Kathleen Bogart
Psychology Today
Monday 15th September, 2025

The early years of the COVID-19pandemic were hard for most people, but they hit people with disabilities especially hard. Research across a variety of disciplines has documented disproportionate negative impacts